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http://www.businessinsider.com/phablet-adoption-surged-over-the-holidays-2016-12Phablet adoption surged over the holidayshttp://www.businessinsider.com/phablet-adoption-surged-over-the-holidays-2016-12
Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:45:00 -0500BI Intelligence
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<p>Global phablet adoption surged over the holiday season, <a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/click/8479050.4888/aHR0cDovL2ZsdXJyeW1vYmlsZS50dW1ibHIuY29tL3Bvc3QvMTU1MDIyNjQxMjQwL2Zyb20tYXBwcy10by1pcGhvbmVzLWhvbGlkYXktc2hvcHBlcnMtaW52ZXN0LWlu/56c34aced7aaa8f87d8b56a7Bb02d10ca" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://e.businessinsider.com/click/8479050.4888/aHR0cDovL2ZsdXJyeW1vYmlsZS50dW1ibHIuY29tL3Bvc3QvMTU1MDIyNjQxMjQwL2Zyb20tYXBwcy10by1pcGhvbmVzLWhvbGlkYXktc2hvcHBlcnMtaW52ZXN0LWlu/56c34aced7aaa8f87d8b56a7Bb02d10ca&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1483109005402000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPyO1-H66KqgO7CWTMPsyAojumFQ">according</a> to Flurry. In the week leading up to Christmas <span>and the start of Hanukkah</span>, 37% of new device activations were for phablets &mdash; smartphones with screens 5 inches or larger &mdash; marking an increase of 10 percentage points from the same period in 2015.</p>
<p>The annual growth indicates that phablets are on track to become the main form factor of smartphones globally by mid-2017. Medium-sized phones such as the iPhone 7 accounted for 45% of new device activations during the week leading up to the holidays, Flurry notes.</p>
<p>However, that&rsquo;s down nine percentage points from the 54% of device activations the form factor comprised in 2015. Although this is partly a result of phone makers moving away from building phones with medium-sized screens, the shift is also due to the growing popularity of phablets among consumers.</p>
<p>Higher adoption of the devices could be a boon for developers and brands since the larger screens also help encourage longer app usage. The larger screens of phablets such as the iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7 tend to lend themselves to a better app experience, making navigating menus, watching videos, and playing games more enjoyable. Phablet owners launch 21% more apps than owners of 4-inch smartphones. They also have a 3.5% higher average session length than 4-inch devices, <a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/click/8479050.4888/aHR0cDovL2luZm8ubG9jYWx5dGljcy5jb20vYmxvZy81LWluY2gtZGV2aWNlcy1oYXZlLTIzLW1vcmUtYXBwLWVuZ2FnZW1lbnQ_bWt0X3Rvaz1leUpwSWpvaVdsUmFhMDF0VW14UFYwazFUVmRWZWlJc0luUWlPaUpUUlZKNFZsTktkazg0WTA1d0szTmFRbWNyYnpCek0zVjZPVU5WYUZSdWJEQjZaMXBUUlhsR2FISjBjR2g1VW1kcE5VbDVibHd2Tm5VMFVWbHZjMUZFUzFodE1uQlhYQzhyVG5sMmVqaEVSMXd2VUdwVWVtdERiWGczWlhaeA/56c34aced7aaa8f87d8b56a7B2fc1835f" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://e.businessinsider.com/click/8479050.4888/aHR0cDovL2luZm8ubG9jYWx5dGljcy5jb20vYmxvZy81LWluY2gtZGV2aWNlcy1oYXZlLTIzLW1vcmUtYXBwLWVuZ2FnZW1lbnQ_bWt0X3Rvaz1leUpwSWpvaVdsUmFhMDF0VW14UFYwazFUVmRWZWlJc0luUWlPaUpUUlZKNFZsTktkazg0WTA1d0szTmFRbWNyYnpCek0zVjZPVU5WYUZSdWJEQjZaMXBUUlhsR2FISjBjR2g1VW1kcE5VbDVibHd2Tm5VMFVWbHZjMUZFUzFodE1uQlhYQzhyVG5sMmVqaEVSMXd2VUdwVWVtdERiWGczWlhaeA/56c34aced7aaa8f87d8b56a7B2fc1835f&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1483109005402000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFjOcm_GH4KNaBnvwsPDoo_qx6Xw">according</a> to Localytics.</p>
<p>App developers long considered the "pay once and play" model &mdash; in which users pay up front an app and aren't prompted to make in-app purchases &mdash; the best way to generate revenue. But as more "free-to-download" apps entered the market, users increasingly opted for these experiences.&nbsp;These apps offer microtransactions for in-app goods and services, and in-app ads.</p>
<p>As the app ecosystem expands further, it will become increasingly challenging for developers to compete in a crowded market.&nbsp;Overall, global gross app revenue&nbsp;will double to reach $102 billion by 2020, <a href="https://www.appannie.com/insights/app-annie-news/app-annie-releases-inaugural-mobile-app-forecast/">according</a>&nbsp;to recent projections by App Annie.&nbsp;As a result, app monetization strategies need to shift at least as quickly as consumer trends and preferences in order for developers to capture a piece of this growing market.</p>
<p>Laurie Beaver, research analyst for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/bi-intelligence-mobile-research-bundle?IR=T&amp;utm_source=businessinsider&amp;utm_medium=content_marketing&amp;utm_term=content_marketing_subscription_text_link_phablet-adoption-surged-over-the-holidays-2016-12&amp;utm_content=subscription_content_marketing_text_link&amp;utm_campaign=content_marketing_subscription_link&amp;vertical=mobile">BI Intelligence</a>, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/research-store?IR=T&amp;utm_source=businessinsider&amp;utm_medium=content_marketing&amp;utm_term=content_marketing_store_text_link_phablet-adoption-surged-over-the-holidays-2016-12&amp;utm_content=report_store_content_marketing_text_link&amp;utm_campaign=content_marketing_store_link&amp;vertical=mobile#!/The-App-Monetization-Report/p/75591652/">a detailed report on app monetization</a> that explores the top app monetization strategies under user- and advertising-paid approaches, and the growing combination of both. We will also look at emerging trends that could help developers navigate the fiercely competitive app ecosystem, and address the potential barriers that developers will have to overcome to reap the benefits of the multi-billion dollar market.</p>
<p><strong><em>Here are some of the key takeaways:</em><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The app ecosystem is expanding quickly, and it's becoming increasingly challenging for app developers to compete in a crowded market.&nbsp;</li>
<li>To capture a piece of the growing market, app developers must adapt their strategies at least as quickly as consumer trends and preferences change.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Developers can choose a user-paid or an advertising-paid approach to monetizing their apps. Different monetization strategies work best with different apps.</li>
<li>There are a number of widespread challenges that developers must contend with both before and after they enter the app market.&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><em>In full, the report:</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Provides key factors driving the expected growth of global app revenue</li>
<li>Evaluates the top app monetization strategies</li>
<li>Looks at emerging trends to help developers navigate the app ecosystem</li>
<li>Explains the challenges that developers face to compete in the app market</li>
<li>And much more</li>
</ul>
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Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:38:00 -0500Tony Danova
<p>The phablet is having a moment.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>The days of the 3.5-inch or 4.0-inch screen are gone.&nbsp;</span><span>The entire smartphone market has been trending toward the phablet category over the past few quarters.</span><span><br></span></p>
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/539f08c5ecad04d924726bff-620-/deviceshipmentcomparison.png" border="0" alt="DeviceShipmentComparison" width="620" style="float: right;"></p>
<p>We at <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">BI Intelligence</a> define the phablet as a&nbsp;smartphone with a screen between 5 inches and 7 inches.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While this is a broad definition, the advantage is that it captures one of the most important trends in the smartphone market in the last couple of years — the phenomenal popularity of phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 released in 2013 (5 inches) and S5 launched in 2014 (5.1 inches).</p>
<p>In part, the massive success generated by the Galaxy line is responsible for nudging all phone manufacturers toward the the phablet.</p>
<p>The iPhone line had kept to smaller screen sizes so far, but last year&nbsp;Apple launched two large-screened phones. One of these, with a 5.5-inch screen, would fall under our definition of a phablet.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">In a&nbsp;<strong>new report</strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a>, we survey these trends toward larger screens and build out our own forecast for the phablet market.<span>&nbsp;We also look at how phablets have altered the smartphone market and cannibalized demand for tablets.</span><span><br></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Here are of the key points about the phablet market:</span></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"><strong>Phablets are the fastest-growing smartphone category</strong>.</a>&nbsp;<span>We forecast global phablet shipments will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% in the next five years, which is almost double the 15% compound rate for the smartphone market over the same period.</span></li>
<li><span><span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"><strong>Phablet shipments will hit 1.5 billion in 2019</strong>.</a> With that, phablets will account for 59% of total global smartphone shipments during that year, which is up from an expected 35% this year.<br></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"><strong>Phablet sales are cannibalizing tablet sales globally</strong>.</a> Tablet demand has whithered.&nbsp;<span>By 2019, there will be three times as many phablets shipped as tablets.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Phablets have accelerated the trend toward consumer time-spend on visually oriented social media and messaging apps</strong></a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">.</a> Larger-screen real estate encourages sustained on-the-go engagement on content-centric social networks and apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and LINE. More than half of activity on phablets is tied to social networks.&nbsp;</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="line-height: 22.5px;"><span>In full, the report:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Forecasts total full-year shipments for the phablet market between 2014 and 2019.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Discusses the increasing popularity of the phablet and its effect on the larger global smartphone market.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Revises our previous tablet market forecast down to reflect the phablet's cannibalization of tablet demand.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-6-16-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Outlines phablet users' social media-centric behavior patterns and correlates it with the rise of visually oriented social networks and messaging apps.&nbsp;</a></li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="line-height: 22.5px;"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/539b0ab4ecad04d36931239f-1200-924/phabletforecast-3.png" border="0" alt="PhabletForecast"><br></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-sai-2014-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/evantubehd-youtube-star-evan-toys-unboxing-2015-2">This 9-year-old makes $1 million a year opening toys</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-is-most-popular-in-asia-2014-11The Giant iPhone 6 Plus Is Most Popular In Asia (AAPL)http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-is-most-popular-in-asia-2014-11
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:57:53 -0500Sam Colt
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/546e73caeab8ea1116708c85-480-/iphone-6-plus-japan-launch-1.jpg" border="0" alt="iphone 6 plus japan launch" width="480"></p><p>Asian consumers are in love with the iPhone 6 Plus, according to <a href="http://blog.applovin.com/applovin-data-desk-november-2014/">a report published Thursday by AppLovin</a>, a mobile ad network.</p>
<p>AppLovin looked at data from the more than 25 ad requests it processes every day, and found that the global split between iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users is about 80/20 right now.</p>
<p><span><span>But in some Asian countries, the 6 Plus is much more popular.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>AppLovin found that 35% of Chinese consumers were picking the 6 Plus instead of the 6, nearly twice the global rate of 20%.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>In Japan and Vietnam, adoption rates for the 6 Plus were even higher at 36%. The Philippines showed the most interest in Apple's new phablet with a 37% adoption rate.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>South Korea was the only Asian country with an adoption rate below 35% percent. App Lovin found that only 29% of consumers on Samsung's home turf preferred the iPhone 6 Plus.</span></span></p>
<p><span>The giant iPhone's popularity in Asia is surprising given that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-is-overwhelmingly-choosing-the-iphone-6-over-the-6-plus-2014-9">Japanese consumers were opting for the iPhone 6</a> over the 6 Plus when both phones came out in September.</span></p>
<p>On the other hand, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mistake-big-screen-phones-2014-1">the success of Samsung's Galaxy Note</a> says Asian consumers have been waiting for an Apple phablet for some time now.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-is-overwhelmingly-choosing-the-iphone-6-over-the-6-plus-2014-9" >Japan Is Overwhelmingly Choosing The iPhone 6 Over The 6 Plus</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-is-most-popular-in-asia-2014-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-users-dont-like-one-thing-2014-11Here's What Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Are Saying About The Phone's Unwieldy Sizehttp://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-users-dont-like-one-thing-2014-11
Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:45:00 -0500Julie Bort
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/542418336bb3f7da6c17ed90-1145-859/iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus.jpg" alt="iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus" border="0"></p><p>The big question on the minds of iPhone lovers these days is: iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus?</p>
<p>So <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2l6yqp/anyone_regret_choosing_the_6_over_the_6/">a Reddit user asked iPhone 6 Plus users</a> if they have any regrets about buying the Plus over the 6.</p>
<p>The folks who answered basically said that the iPhone 6 Plus is too big for two use cases:</p>
<ul>
<li>Strapping it to your arm when you go running. ("<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2l6yqp/anyone_regret_choosing_the_6_over_the_6/cls1s0p">Feels kind of goofy but I've gotten over that</a>.")</li>
<li>Holding it with one hand, such as using it as a phone. ("<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2l6yqp/anyone_regret_choosing_the_6_over_the_6/cls1sk0">Rocking the 6 Plus and it's amazing for work and viewing content, but when I hold a 6, it really is perfect.")</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>But, even with those complaints, most of them say they wouldn't trade it in for a smaller iPhone 6 because:</p>
<ul>
<li>You start to mostly hold it with two hands.</li>
<li>The screen is awesome for watching Netflix</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-battery-life-2014-10">battery life is insanely great</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Upshot is, unless you are primarily using your iPhone as a phone (without a headset), you'll soon be used to the big size of it and have no regrets.</p>
<h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/size-matters-iphone-6-plus-2014-9">A Guide To The iPhone 6 Plus For The Regular Guy</a>
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<p class="embed-spacer"></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-users-dont-like-one-thing-2014-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/9-times-apple-got-it-wrong-2014-109 Times Apple Got It Wrong (AAPL)http://www.businessinsider.com/9-times-apple-got-it-wrong-2014-10
Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:01:00 -0400Steven Tweedie
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<p>Under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple introduced industry-shaking products like the iPod, iMac, iPhone and iPad — devices that have collectively changed how we consume media today.</p>
<p>But Apple didn't always get it right.</p>
<p>From mocking larger tablet-sized smartphones (a.k.a. "phablets") to saying the iPad's screen couldn't get any smaller and still be usable, there are plenty of times where Apple has been too quick to speak in the past.</p>
<p>Here are some of the most notable instances.</p><h3>Steve Jobs thought Apple and IBM would emerge as the only computer suppliers.</h3>
<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/542f057decad04fb45e7dade-400-300/steve-jobs-thought-apple-and-ibm-would-emerge-as-the-only-computer-suppliers.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><span>"In terms of supplying the computer itself, it's coming down to Apple and IBM," said Jobs in a 1985 interview with Playboy. "And I don't think there are going to be a lot of third- and fourth-place companies, much less sixth- or seventh-place companies. Most of the new, innovative companies are focusing on the software. I think there will be lots of innovation in the areas of software but not in hardware."</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Steve Jobs thought music subscription services were "bankrupt."</h3>
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<p><p>In a 2003 interview with Rolling Stone, Steve Jobs was highly critical of subscription music services at the time, like Rhapsody.</p>
<p><span>"People don't want to buy their music as a subscription ... they're going to want to buy downloads," said Jobs.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model, and it might not be successful."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Clearly, Jobs failed to anticipate the popularity of both Pandora and Spotify, an oversight which caused Apple to enter the streaming service late in the game with its iTunes Radio and eventual Beats acquisition earlier this year.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Steve Jobs thought iTunes would only sell music, not movies.</h3>
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<p><p>When Steve Jobs was asked <span>"Do you see an iTunes movie store?"&nbsp;</span>during a 2003 Rolling Stone interview, he replied, "<span>We don't think that's what people want. A movie takes forever to download &ndash; there's no instant gratification."</span><span><br /></span></p>
<p><span>Fast-forward to 2013, when Apple announced, "<span>iTunes users have downloaded more than one billion TV episodes and 380 million movies from iTunes to date, and they are purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day."</span><span><br /></span></span></p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/9-times-apple-got-it-wrong-2014-10#apple-didnt-think-people-would-want-to-watch-videos-on-their-ipods-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidts-take-on-the-iphone-6-makes-no-sense-2014-9Eric Schmidt's Take On The iPhone 6 Makes No Sense (AAPL)http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidts-take-on-the-iphone-6-makes-no-sense-2014-9
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:51:59 -0400Sam Colt
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54233fb06bb3f7e120a849a8-1200-924/eric-schmidt-25.jpg" border="0" alt="eric schmidt"></p><p></p>
<p>Google Chairman Eric Schmidt <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/eric-schmidt-on-new-book-apple-google-competition-R2HRDSToQu6vp4g1SzvqcA.html">appeared on Bloomberg TV</a> on Wednesday, where <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">an anchor asked him about the "desire factor" around the iPhone 6, leading to </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-paid-to-wait-in-line-for-iphone-6-2014-9">heinously long lines</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> outside Apple Stores last week (</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-waiting-on-line-for-the-iphone-6-2014-9">and this week</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, as well).</span></p>
<p>His answer?</p>
<p>"I'll tell you what I think," Schmidt said. "Samsung had these products a year ago," referring to Samsung's phablets that are around the size of the iPhone 6 Plus.</p>
<p>The anchors were quick to point out that no one has been lining up for blocks to pick up the Galaxy Note. But Schmidt held fast to his one-liner.</p>
<p>"I think Samsung had these products years ago, that's what I think," he said, laughing.</p>
<p>Schmidt is right, technically. Samsung has been selling large-display smartphones long before Apple unveiled the iPhone 6.</p>
<p>But it's completely dodging the question. Schmidt can't explain why consumers aren't lining up outside their local Best Buy to pick up Android smartphones.</p>
<p>Or maybe he doesn't want to.</p>
<p>Saying "Apple wasn't there first" doesn't mean anything. That's not Apple's strategy.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-full-interview-with-charlie-rose-with-transcript-2014-9">a recent interview with Charlie Rose</a>, Tim Cook was asked if the iPhone 6/6 Plus was a response to Samsung's smartphones. Here's what he said:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>H</span><span>onestly, Charlie, we could have done a larger iPhone years ago. It’s never been about just making a larger phone. It’s been about making a better phone in every single way. And so we ship things when they’re ready.</span><span><br></span></p>
<p><span>Apple's products are so widely desired <em>because</em> Apple isn't first-to-market. Apple waits for competitors to enter a product category, then Apple releases its take on that product. </span></p>
<p><span>Android users might say Apple copies its competitors this way, but that's a debate better left untouched.</span></p>
<p><span>The point is: Apple not making a phablet before Samsung says nothing about the company's success. And Eric Schmidt probably knows that.</span></p>
<p><span>Here's the full interview:</span></p>
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Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:20:19 -0400Charles Arthur
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5418e9b3eab8ea8116082087-1200-900/iphone-6-53.jpg" border="0" alt="iphone 6"></p><p>Too big. This thing’s too big. Waaay too big. It’s... actually, that screen is pretty nice, isn’t it? Wow, you really can get a lot of content on there, can’t you? Hey, my hand’s getting used to the size. It’s quite comfortable, isn’t it?</p>
<p>And that’s how it goes with the iPhone 6 Plus. I expected to find it far too big, and at first my expectations were met. But give it a few minutes, perhaps a couple of days, and you’ll find yourself strangely attracted to its huge-seeming screen.</p>
<p>“Phablets”, as the 5.5in (14 cm)-plus screen size is described (which seems to derive from <a href="http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/04/android-21-powered-huawei-s7-tablet-works-7inch-phone/">Scott Webster in June 2010</a>, then referring to a 7in Huawei device), are increasingly popular. In Asia and particularly China, they’re very popular, though less so in the US and much less so in Europe. They make up about 15% of sales, although that’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/09/bigger-iphone-battle-android-samsung-apple-iphone-6-phablet">growing fast</a>.</p>
<h2>Enter the iPhone</h2>
<p>Since 2011, Samsung has had the high-end phablet market to itself with the Galaxy Note range, now in its fourth generation. Now, it has competition - and the Apple brand could badly dent its South Korean rival’s sales.</p>
<p>Compared to the 4.7in iPhone 6, the 6 Plus soon stops feeling absurd when you try them side by side. I often found that I would reach for the larger screen, given the choice, just because you can read a lot more on it.</p>
<p>The battery life is also better (proportionally more of the phone consists of batteries); and it has the same pleasing, rounded feel of the 6.</p>
<p>The comparison becomes especially harsh against last year’s Galaxy Note 3, which has a 5.7in (14.5cm) screen at 1920x1080 pixels. The Note’s body is almost exactly the same size, but chrome-edged - which looks terribly retro now - with a wart-like camera. The iPhone 6 Plus camera sticks out too - an entire millimetre - but there’s no comparison in looks or feel.</p>
<h2><strong>Specifications</strong></h2>
<p>• <strong>Screen:</strong> 5.5in, 1920x1080 401ppi LED; 1300:1 contrast ratio<br> • <strong>Processor:</strong> A8 64-bit ARM with M8 motion coprocessor<br> • <strong>RAM:</strong> 1GB<br> • <strong>Storage:</strong> 16GB, 64GB, 128GB<br> • <strong>Operating system:</strong> iOS 8<br> • <strong>Camera:</strong> back: 8MP with 1.5micron pixels, f2.2, Optical image stabilisation, 240fps video, sapphire lens cover, auto-HDR, face detection, 43-megapixel panorama, burst mode 10fps; 1080p video at 30fps or 60fps. Front camera: 1.2MP (1280x960), f2.2, 720p HD, burst mode.<br> • <strong>Connectivity:</strong> LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE, NFC; VoLTE (voice over LTE) capability, Wi-Fi call handoff capability<br> • <strong>Dimensions:</strong> 158.1 x 778 x 7.1mm<br> • <strong>Weight:</strong> 172g<br> • <strong>Others:</strong> TouchID fingerprint sensor; NFC payment capability for ApplePay</p>
<h2>Camera</h2>
<p>The 6 Plus has optical image stabilisation (OIS) - long a staple of top-end Nokia (now Microsoft) Lumia phones - so that films taken while moving aren’t jerky. Instagram’s Hyperlapse got there first (calling on the gyroscope), but the 6 Plus also adds 240fps slow-motion filming; expect this device to become the new “must-have” among photographers who like travelling light.</p>
<h2>Screen and usability</h2>
<p>Many apps will need rewriting to deal with the new screen, which feels as though it inflates text in apps that don’t use Apple’s text system. Then again, those who struggled to read text on the 4in screen of the iPhone 5 will welcome the extra 88% of screen real estate. Apple has also introduced a “Zoomed” viewing setting that really does inflate everything as though you’d slapped a magnifying glass over it all - the “grandpa setting”, if you like.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/16/1410882808613/05073533-a04a-401c-8bb1-621aa835a106-282x420.png" border="0" alt="iPhone 6 Plus: zoom display enlarges icons" width="282" height="420"></p>
<p>Another concession to the gigantism is the “two-tap” gesture: double-tap the home button lightly, and in portrait mode the top of the screen slides down to the halfway mark, so that you can reach any part of the screen without adjusting your hand position.</p>
<p>Apple’s other tweak, specifically for the 6 Plus, is that when the home screen is rotated into landscape mode, the dock moves to the side; in the Mail app, you get a “two-up” view, with email headers on the left and body text on the right. Other apps will probably follow suit in exploiting this.</p>
<p>Samsung, by contrast, offers various different user interface tweaks on the Note: there’s a quick app switching menu on the left-hand side, and you can also run two apps at a time (and resize each). The app switcher is just intrusive, though the two-up configuration clearly has potential uses (say, messaging while looking at a map). Samsung also has a stylus - though I’ve heard internal data that suggests it’s used only 10% of the time, which in turn implies a big chance for Apple via the 90%.</p>
<p>Many of the best things about the 6 Plus - widgets, third-party keyboards, “extensions” to create app-based workflows - will only be exploited by new apps that appear in the next few months as developers get to grips with the new size and the potential it offers them. For now, though, it’s a surprisingly big phone that becomes increasingly familiar with use.</p>
<h2>Price</h2>
<p>The iPhone 6 Plus costs from £619 (inc VAT)/$749 (ex taxes) for 16GB storage.</p>
<h2>Verdict</h2>
<p>Choosing between the iPhone 6 Plus and the smaller iPhone 6 could be surprisingly difficult if your hand, and your wallet, is large enough. It is large, yet the extra screen space is a boon. But that also makes it unwieldy, and could increase the risk of dropping it. Compared to other phablets, it’s lighter and thinner – but not cheaper.</p>
<p><strong>Pros:</strong> large and thin; bright screen; best battery life of any iPhone; adaptations for extra-large screen; iOS 8 allows third-party keyboards, workflow extensions and widgets</p>
<p><strong>Cons:</strong> pricey; may be unwieldy if you don’t have particularly large hands</p>
<p>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/17/apple-iphone-6-thinner-faster-slightly-cheaper-review"><strong><strong>Apple iPhone 6: thinner, faster and slightly cheaper - review</strong></strong></a></p>
<p>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/16/ios-8-review-iphone-ipad-apple"><strong><strong>iOS 8 review: the iPhone and iPad get customised, extended and deepened</strong></strong></a></p>
<p>This article originally appeared on <a href="http://cmc.newscred.com/cloud/" rel="canonical">guardian.co.uk</a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-review-charles-arthur-guardian-2014-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/the-iphone-6-has-samsung-backed-into-a-corner-2014-9The iPhone 6 Has Samsung Backed Into A Corner (AAPL)http://www.businessinsider.com/the-iphone-6-has-samsung-backed-into-a-corner-2014-9
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:07:37 -0400Sam Colt
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5411f0cc6da811d33441de45-1200-924/tim-cook-307.jpg" border="0" alt="Tim Cook"></p><p>If <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/big-beautiful-photos-of-the-iphone-6-2014-9">the arrival of the iPhone 6 </a>was a boon for Apple, then it was also an ominous day for Samsung, the company's main competitor in the smartphone market.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The iPhone 6 represents Apple's attempt to get into the phablet market. Consumers <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-needs-big-phone-2014-9">have been clamoring</a> for Apple to make a large-display smartphone for some time now. This is especially true in emerging markets:<img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5230d98a6da811fb61208851-1200-900/chart-of-the-day-phablets.jpg" border="0" alt="chart of the day phablets"></span></p>
<p>Tim Cook's Apple makes four smartphones. Even Goldilocks could find <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-ipad-pop-tart-size-chart-2014-9">one that fits just right</a>. But Apple's foray into the phablet market is bad news for Samsung, because up until now, that was the only area where the two tech Goliaths didn't compete in the smartphone market.</p>
<p>Obviously we'll have to wait for iPhone 6 sales this fall <span>—</span>&nbsp;especially around the holidays <span>—</span>&nbsp;before we know if the 6 is a hit with consumers or not.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But as Jackdaw Research Chief Analyst Jan Dawson writes in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.beyonddevic.es/2014/09/10/apple-closes-another-window-for-competitors/">a recent blog post</a>, Apple's addition of large-display smartphones means it offers nearly all of the same features as its South Korea competitor. You can see how Apple has progressively taken its competitors' features and incorporated them into the iPhone <a href="http://www.beyonddevic.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Apple-windows-of-opportunity3.png">in this chart</a>:</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5411e3d66bb3f7d70ee99dbb-558-427/apple-windows-of-opportunity3.png" border="0" alt="Apple windows of opportunity Jackdaw Research"></p>
<p>As you can see, Apple has its bases covered with regard to smartphone features.</p>
<p>"<span>The impact will be that competitors which have differentiated on screen size will now need to find something else to compete on," writes Dawson.</span></p>
<p><span>Unfortunately for Samsung, that something else will probably have to be price.</span></p>
<p>Apple has always dominated the high end of the smartphone market, but it's extended its reach with the iPhone 6. It's also worth noting that the iPhone 5C <span>—</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-has-its-best-iphone-line-ever-2014-9">now available for free</a>&nbsp;<span>—</span> gives consumers an affordable alternative to the iPhone 6/6 Plus.</p>
<p>That leaves Samsung between a rock and a hard place. It'll either have to innovate itself out of a corner, or become the dominant downmarket smartphone company.&nbsp;</p>
<p>As shown above, Samsung can only stay ahead of Apple on features temporarily. That leaves Samsung with price to compete on.</p>
<p>Forcing Samsung downmarket will lower revenues and impede its ability to compete with Apple. And as you can see, smartphones are Samsung's bread and butter:</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/53ce840f6bb3f7282f3ffa7d-620-465/samsung-operating-profits-chart-of-the-day-1.jpg" border="0" alt="samsung operating profits chart of the day">&nbsp;</p>
<p>Given that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pacific-crest-upgrades-apple-2014-3">the iPhone 6 is expected to be hugely popular</a>, this is officially Apple's game to lose.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sapphire-screens-were-weeks-away-from-being-on-the-iphone-6-2014-9" >Sapphire Screens Were 'Weeks' Away From Being On The iPhone 6</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:45:00 -0400Tony Danova
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/53e8c84169bedd193ca02ea0-400-/biitabletsurvey.png" border="0" alt="BIITabletSurvey" width="400" style="float: right;"></p><p>Not so long ago phablets — large-screened phones — were ridiculed as goofy-looking and cumbersome. But consumers love them, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/there-will-be-four-times-more-phablets-sold-than-tablets-in-2018-2014-7">phablet sales are booming globally and cannibalizing tablet sales</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>At <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">BI Intelligence</a>, Business Insider's research service, we recently completed <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">a proprietary survey of global consumers' tablet habits and preferences</a>.</p>
<p>One of the questions we asked was whether our respondents were considering buying a phablet in the next two years (we defined a phablet broadly as a phone with a screen larger than 5 inches). Among those who <em>were</em> interested in phablets, which was some 220 people, we asked which brand they were interested in buying.&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Apple wins</a>.</strong>&nbsp;56% of&nbsp;our respondents, said they would be interested in buying an Apple phablet, "if they release one." It's remarkable that phablet buyers would choose a still nonexistent product over a lineup of established phablet brands.&nbsp;Speculation is that Apple could launch a large screened 5.5-inch iPhone 6 in September or October, alongside a standard 4.7-inch model.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Android- and Windows-based devices are also in the running</a>.</strong> Samsung, not surprisingly since it manufactures the popular Android Galaxy Note phablet, was in second place (22% of prospective phablet buyers) and Nokia/Lumia running Windows Phone software was in third place (7% of prospective phablet buyers).&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Overall, phablets are c</a><strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">ompeting with tablets for consumer interest</a>.&nbsp;</strong></strong>33% of our total survey respondents said they are considering buying a phablet — a smartphone that is almost as large as a tablet — in the next couple of years. An Apple phablet would help the company recapture some of those device buyers reluctant to upgrade their old iPads. (See chart, below.)</li>
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<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVPHAB-2014-8-11&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Reveals detailed demographics about our 700 survey respondents</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVEY11-2014-8-6&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Gives detailed survey results including purchase intent/loyalty among iPad and iPad Mini owners</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVEY12-2014-8-6&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Breaks down full numbers on tablet user stats including percentage who use cell plans with their tablets, percentage who share their tablets, frequency of usage, and interest in phablets</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVEY13-2014-8-6&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Analyzes the tablet market's recent quarterly performance</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/quarterly-tablet-market-update-bi-intelligence-consumer-survey-reveals-the-reasons-why-tablet-sales-are-slowing-2014-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-TABSURVEY14-2014-8-6&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Discusses market share trends for tablet makers like Apple and Samsung</a>.</li>
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Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:21:00 -0400Sam Colt
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/53c05c33ecad04f50a157837-480-/render_2.jpg" border="0" alt="iPhone 3D Render 2" width="480" /></p><p>Apple is ordering massive quantities of&nbsp;<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-suppliers-gear-up-for-large-screen-iphones-1405985788?mod=WSJ_LatestHeadlines">both the 4.7-inch and the 5.5-inch versions of the iPhone 6</a>, which will&nbsp;launch this fall, according to the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>The Journal cites unnamed supply chain sources claiming that Apple has ordered 70 million to 80 million iPhones to be produced by the end of the year.</p>
<p>The size of Apple's order suggests its confidence in the forthcoming device. Last year, Apple ordered around 50 to 60 million for the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C launch.</p>
<p>The Journal notes that Apple's increased demand for the iPhone is a result of its partnership with China Mobile and the desire to popularize the smartphone in emerging markets.</p>
<p>Suppliers Foxconn and Pegatron will begin producing the 4.7-inch iPhone next month. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will begin manufacturing the 5.5-inch model in September, the WSJ reports. That likely means the 5.5-inch model won't launch until a month or two after the 4.7-inch model.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/two-iphone-6s-this-year-2014-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-sai-2014-6The Phablet Phenomenon: Trends And Growth Forecast For The Device That Is Taking Over Mobilehttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-sai-2014-6
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:50:00 -0400Tony Danova
<p>The phablet is having a moment.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span>The days of the 3.5-inch or 4.0-inch screen are gone.&nbsp;</span><span>The entire smartphone market has been trending toward the phablet category over the past few quarters.</span><span><br /></span></p>
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<p>We at BI Intelligence define the phablet as a&nbsp;smartphone with a screen between 5 inches and 7 inches.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While this is a broad definition, the advantage is that it captures one of the most important trends in the smartphone market in the last couple of years &mdash; the phenomenal popularity of phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 released in 2013 (5 inches) and S5 launched in 2014 (5.1 inches).</p>
<p>In part, the massive success generated by the Galaxy line is responsible for nudging all phone manufacturers toward the the phablet.</p>
<p>The iPhone line had kept to smaller screen sizes so far, but last year&nbsp;Apple launched two large-screened phones. One of these, with a 5.5-inch screen, would fall under our definition of a phablet.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In a&nbsp;new report&nbsp;from&nbsp;BI Intelligence, we survey these trends toward larger screens and build out our own forecast for the phablet market.&nbsp;We also look at how phablets have altered the smartphone market and cannibalized demand for tablets.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Here are of the key points about the phablet market:</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Phablets are the fastest-growing smartphone category.&nbsp;We forecast global phablet shipments will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% in the next five years, which is almost double the 15% compound rate for the smartphone market over the same period.</li>
<li>Phablet shipments will hit 1.5 billion in 2019. With that, phablets will account for 59% of total global smartphone shipments during that year, which is up from an expected 35% this year.</li>
<li>Phablet sales are cannibalizing tablet sales globally. Tablet demand has whithered.&nbsp;By 2019, there will be three times as many phablets shipped as tablets.</li>
<li>Phablets have accelerated the trend toward consumer time-spend on visually oriented social media and messaging apps<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Larger-screen real estate encourages sustained on-the-go engagement on content-centric social networks and apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and LINE. More than half of activity on phablets is tied to social networks.&nbsp;</span></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em><span style="line-height: 22.5px;">In full, the report:</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li>Forecasts total full-year shipments for the phablet market between 2014 and 2019.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Discusses the increasing popularity of the phablet and its effect on the larger global smartphone market.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Revises our previous tablet market forecast down to reflect the phablet's cannibalization of tablet demand.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Outlines phablet users' social media-centric behavior patterns and correlates it with the rise of visually oriented social networks and messaging apps.</li>
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Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:49:46 -0400Tony Danova
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/539b0ab4ecad04d36931239f-400-/phabletforecast-3.png" border="0" alt="PhabletForecast" width="400" style="float: right;" /></p><p>Phablets are taking over.</p>
<p>Already this year, <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">BI Intelligence finds that phablets &mdash; defined as a smartphone with a screen between 5 inches and 7 inches &mdash; will account for over one-third of global smartphone shipments.</a> By 2019, that share will rise to 59%.</p>
<p>The transition to larger screen smartphones has big implications for the mobile market as a whole.</p>
<p><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">BI Intelligence's research</a> finds that phablet sales are cannibalizing tablet sales.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; color: #000000;">Over the next five years to 2019, we forecast the tablet market will grow at an average compound annual rate of just 8%, and reach 435 million shipments in 2019.</span></p>
<p>Consumer interest in larger screen phones is also nudging giants like Apple to come out with new products &mdash; with a 5.5 inch iPhone expected later this year.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">In addition, phablets are giving even more momentum to the "visual web."&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Larger-screen real estate encourages sustained on-the-go engagement on content-centric social networks and apps, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and LINE. More than half of activity on phablets is tied to social networks.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">In a&nbsp;<strong>new report</strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>BI Intelligence</strong></a>, we survey these trends toward larger screens and explain why the phablet market will grow to dominate smartphone sales and diminish demand for tablets.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 22.5px;"><span>In full, the report:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Forecasts total full-year shipments for the phablet market between 2014 and 2019.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Discusses the increasing popularity of the phablet and its effect on the larger global smartphone market.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Revises our previous tablet market forecast down to reflect the phablet's cannibalization of tablet demand.&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/the-phablet-phenomenon-trends-and-growth-forecast-for-the-device-that-is-taking-over-mobile-2014-6?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=M-Phablet-7-7-14&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile" onclick="this.href = this.href + '-' + window.location.search.substr(1).replace(/\&amp;|\=/g, '-');">Outlines phablet users' social media-centric behavior patterns and correlates it with the rise of visually oriented social networks and messaging apps.&nbsp;</a></li>
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<p><span style="line-height: 22.5px;"><span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/539f08c5ecad04d924726bff-1200-924/deviceshipmentcomparison.png" border="0" alt="DeviceShipmentComparison" /><br /></span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/phablets-will-account-for-half-of-smartphone-shipments-by-2016-2014-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-pre-orders-2014-5Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Got 15 Million Signups For Its Newest Phablethttp://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-pre-orders-2014-5
Fri, 02 May 2014 08:39:00 -0400Steve Kovach
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53629140eab8ea9c5847f38e-800-/screen%20shot%202014-05-01%20at%202.23.37%20pm.png" border="0" alt="xiaomi redmi note" width="800" /></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Xiaomi, the buzzy Chinese smartphone maker, had 15 million signups for its&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">latest device, the RedMi Note.</span></p>
<p>But earlier today, Xiaomi had a lot of people freaking out when it tweeted that it got a whopping 122 million pre-orders for the phone.</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53628e8f69bedd4878667753-561-270/screen shot 2014-05-01 at 2.02.41 pm.png" border="0" alt="xiaomi tweet 122 million pre-orders" /></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">According to a Xiaomi spokesperson, the tweet is wrong. The company actually got 15 million signups on its website for the RedMi Note.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It's unclear why Xiaomi tweeted the wrong number. In fact, the tweet links to a report from a news site that's not even affiliated with Xiaomi. It's possible something got lost in translation here.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The RedMi Note is Xiaomi's first phablet. It has a 5.5-inch screen, 13 megapixel camera, and a large battery for extended use. But what's more impressive is that the phone only costs about $130. Most high-end phablets cost at least $600.</span></p>
<p>Xiaomi phones are growing in popularity in China. Through its online store, the company often sells out new models within a few minutes. It also has a devoted fan base, so some people have called it the "Apple of China."&nbsp;</p>
<p>This year, Xiaomi plans to ramp up its international expansion. It already sells phones in Taiwan and Singapore. Soon, it'll move to other emerging markets like India and Brazil.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> An earlier version of this story said Xiaomi had 15 million pre-orders for the RedMi Note. That number came from a Xiaomi spokesperson. The spokesperson later clarified that Xiaomi counts "pre-orders" as people signing up for more information about the phone, not actually buying it. It's unclear how many RedMi Notes Xiaomi actually sold.</p>
<p>Here's a chart <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/">from Business Insider Intelligence</a> that shows the massive growth of Xiaomi phones:</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/536293e3ecad04cb5be33b50-1088-816/unnamed-59.png" border="0" alt="xiaomi phone shipments" width="800" /></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mind-blowing-facts-about-apple-2014-4" >12 mind-blowing facts about Apple</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-pre-orders-2014-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mistake-big-screen-phones-2014-1Finally, Apple Admits It Made A Huge Mistake By Not Making A Big-Screen Phone (AAPL)http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mistake-big-screen-phones-2014-1
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:34:00 -0500Jim Edwards
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/527023d669bedd29158e42f4-800-/ass.103.jpg" border="0" alt="ASS.103" width="800" /></p><p>In October 2011, in Berlin, Samsung launched a phone the like of which no one had ever seen before: The Galaxy Note, with a massive 5.3-inch screen.</p>
<p>A lot of people laughed. "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2011-9">We're not so sure that's a good thing</a>," we said at the time. The screen seemed impossibly big &mdash;&nbsp;how would you fit it into your pocket? Is it really supposed to be a tablet? They were given a derisory nickname, "Phablets."</p>
<p>Apple &mdash; marketing the 3.5-inch iPhone 4S at the time &mdash; largely ignored the trend. In 2012, it launched the iPhone 5 with a slightly larger 4-inch screen. The logic for going bigger but not too big was that many people used phones with one hand, and the 4-inch screen was the biggest you could go still comfortably using it without engaging two hands.</p>
<p>Now, three years later, with the news that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-making-two-big-iphones-says-wsj-2014-1">Apple will launch two big-screen phones</a> later this year,&nbsp; it appears that Apple has finally admitted it made a huge mistake by underestimating the demand for big screen phones and the design of them.</p>
<p>It's a dramatic mistake that cuts to the core of Apple's corporate philosophy: careful design. Apple prides itself on the thoughtfulness of its design and <a href="http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/apples-jony-ive-on-caring-design-philosophy.html/?a=viewall">the care they put into their products</a>. A big screen presents only a trivial technical challenge to a phonemaker, so this is overtly a design issue and not a technical issue.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yet between 2011 and now, Samsung became the market leader in big-screen phones &mdash; the Galaxy S3 and S4 also had bigger screens than the iPhone. </p>
<p>But it is the Note, which is huge in Asia and less popular in the West, whose sales are remarkable. Some numbers:</p>
<ul>
<li>After its launch, the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/10/samsung-note-3-10-million-sold/">Note sold up to 10 million phones per month</a>.</li>
<li>Samsung sold <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/samsung-reports-38-million-galaxy-notes-sold/">38 million Galaxy Notes</a> since 2011.</li>
<li>When the new <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/10/interesting-number-samsungs-galaxy-note-3-alone-approaches-50-of-all-of-apples-iphone-sales/">Note 3 was launched it initially began selling the equivalent of 50% of all iPhone sales</a>, by some calculations (that pace would presumably drop off in the weeks after the launch).</li>
<li>In South Korea, <a href="http://qz.com/170081/why-apple-is-making-a-phablet/">41% of Androids are Notes</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can quibble over the statistics. What is not in doubt is that Samsung created a brand new type of smartphone market from scratch, and dominated it.</p>
<p>Apple lagged, and then copied it.</p>
<p>It's a humiliating position to be in for a company that professes to make the best gadgets in the world. It was Apple, after all, who <em>invented</em> the touchscreen smartphone market back in 2007.</p>
<p>In hindsight it seems so obvious: What made the iPhone immediately great was that it had a big screen. Blackberrys and feature phones of the time had tiny little screens for texting and not much else. The big screen ruled.</p>
<p>Yet as the years rolled by, screens got bigger around Apple, and Apple stayed small. As a proportion of available models, the iPhone basically shrank.</p>
<p>Today, the iPhone is noticeably tiny. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-making-two-big-iphones-says-wsj-2014-1">At CES in Las Vegas this year I noted that</a> "I felt alone as I tapped away on my little iPhone 5. ... My tiny iPhone looked like a dumbphone next to Samsung&rsquo;s Galaxy and Note devices."</p>
<p style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">So it should come as a huge relief to iPhone fans that Apple is finally catching up. Two &mdash; 2!! &mdash; 5-inch-plus iPhone screens are on their way. They will doubtless be as functional, reliable and well made as everything else Apple does ...</p>
<p style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">... Which is why Samsung ought now to be terrified.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-chart-explains-why-apple-ceo-tim-cook-is-obsessed-with-china-2014-1#ixzz2rFhgiLw3" >This Android Chart Explains Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Obsessed With China</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-mistake-big-screen-phones-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-phablets-snarky-note-to-journalists-2014-1HP Announced Its New Android Phablets With This Sarcastic Note To Journalists (HPQ)http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-phablets-snarky-note-to-journalists-2014-1
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:44:00 -0500Julie Bort
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52d6c6966da811f0022e1a00-480-/hp-slate-phablets-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="HP Slate Phablets" width="480" /></p><p>As expected, <a href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1560140#.Uta_I2RdWRw">HP officially launched</a> two new smartphone/tablet devices today.</p>
<p>It's been promising to re-enter the mobile market since 2012. The device will only be available in India.</p>
<p>Also <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hps-smartphone-maybe-too-late-2014-1">as expected</a>, the specs on these first devices aren't particularly amazing: There's a 6-inch and a 7-inch model, they are 3G/WiFi, there's some sort of quad-core CPU (rumor is, it's from Intel), and a 2 megapixel front camera and 5 megapixel rear camera.</p>
<p>But what caught our eye was the blog post that HP posted on the device, in which HP blogger <a href="http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Next-Bench-Blog/HP-Slate-VoiceTab-Phablets-coming-to-India/ba-p/86809#.Uta_zmRdWRw">Darren Gladstone tells editors</a> not to bother asking for more details:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>EDITOR&rsquo;S NOTE: Here&rsquo;s what you need to know, up front: These are currently launching in India &ndash; no word about anywhere else. Since you&rsquo;re asking, I don&rsquo;t have any additional availability or pricing information to share at this point. And, no, I also can&rsquo;t tell you the meaty stuff you want to know like which Quad Core processors are under the hood or the screen resolution. So anything you read here is a cruel tease &ndash; unless you have a trip to India planned for late February. <br /></em></p>
<p>So there you go. HP is somewhat officially back in mobile, in one country, with a device of unknown cost with some unknown specs and, if you want to know more, you simply have to hop on a plane.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/21-enterprise-startups-to-bet-on-2014-1" >21 Enterprise Startups To Bet Your Career On In 2014</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-phablets-snarky-note-to-journalists-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/hps-smartphone-maybe-too-late-2014-1HP's Soon-To-Be Announced Smartphone Is Probably Too Little Too Late http://www.businessinsider.com/hps-smartphone-maybe-too-late-2014-1
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:41:16 -0500Julie Bort
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52d41d3decad04a23ebd2f1e-480-/meg-whitman.jpeg" border="0" alt="Meg Whitman" width="480" /></p><p>HP is expected to finally introduce a smartphone, maybe even this week, making good on a promise made by CEO Meg Whitman way back in September, 2012.</p>
<p><a href="http://9to5google.com/2014/01/10/hp-the-worlds-biggest-pc-manufacturer-is-set-to-launch-its-smartphone-as-soon-as-next-week/">9to5Google was the first to report</a> the news of HP's smartphone. It'll be an Android phone.</p>
<p>That's when Whitman told <a href="have%20to%20ultimately%20offer%20a%20smartphone,%20because%20in%20many%20countries%20in%20the%20world%20that%20is%20your%20first%20computing%20device.%20You%20know,%20there%20will%20be%20countries%20around%20the%20world%20where%20people%20may%20never%20own%20a%20tablet%20or%20a%20PC%20or%20desktop.%20They%20will%20do%20everything%20on%20the%20smartphone.%20We're%20a%20computing%20company,%20we%20have%20to%20take%20advantage%20of%20that%20form%20factor.&quot;">Fox Business that HP has</a> to:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"ultimately offer a smartphone, because in many countries in the world that is your first computing device. You know, there will be countries around the world where people may never own a tablet or a PC or desktop. They will do everything on the smartphone. We're a computing company, we have to take advantage of that form factor."</p>
<p>So, no surprise, the leaked information about the new smartphone suggests that it's a low-cost Android phone, with a bigger display, designed to compete with Samsung, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/HP-Makes-Another-Phone-Call">according to Information.</a></p>
<p>The phone is expected to be part of the "phablet" genre, where the device is part phone, part tablet. It'll cost under $250 and will initially be released only in China, India, and the Philippines, but not the U.S.</p>
<p>The problem is, it's also expected to be rather vanilla&nbsp;&minus; similar to a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but without the Note's special features, according to reports from <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140113PD204.html">Chinese tech pub DigiTimes.</a></p>
<p>HP's strategy is to use it's extensive PC supply chain to get parts at a great price and then pass those savings to customers in emerging markets, DigiTimes reports.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But the market is already crowded with big, low-cost Android phones.&nbsp; So, HP's first efforts could be too little, too late.</p>
<p>And that means that if HP is going to do this, the company is going to have to stick with it for a long time, probably years, before HP strikes on a successful balance cost and innovation. HP doesn't have a big history of sticking it out in this market, and the company is in dire need of growth. Nearly all of its business units are shrinking. It needs something that will be a big hit, fast, not another long-term investment.</p>
<p>On the plus side, HP is a hardware engineering company. It should be able to produce top-notch, better-than-average hardware for a competitive price. It could become the "Nokia" of Android phones, for example. (Nokia is also an engineering company that produces top-notch hardware. But it's fate is tied to Windows Phone, a less popular operating system than Android or iPhone, <a href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/News/news-articles/Apple-iPhone-5S-outsells-5C-three-to-one-in-Great-Britain">market research reports show</a>. Nokia has also <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-phone-overtaking-blackberry-2013-7">done pretty well selling budget-friendly Windows Phones</a>.)</p>
<p>HP may eventually be able to come up with a smartphone device that somehow taps into its other assets, like its cloud. Perhaps if it offers a bunch of free apps with the phone, which will makes HP's device more appealing.</p>
<p>But HP doesn't have the chops in software that it does in hardware, and this tactic runs the danger of filling the phone with unwanted software, known as bloatware.</p>
<p>So again, HP has an uphill battle ahead of it in the smartphone market.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-david-scott-2014-1" >Meet The Guy HP Thinks Can Rescue Its Storage Business</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:00:00 -0500Jillian D'Onfro
<p dir="ltr"><span><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/528a412d6da811144af098ba-480-360/nokia-lumia.jpg" border="0" alt="nokia-lumia" />Think bigger is better? </span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Nokia&rsquo;s Lumia 1520 smartphone with a 6-inch screen hits stores this week. The super-large Lumia phablet (yup, that&rsquo;s the lingo for those part phone, part tablet giants) is .3 inches larger than its competitor, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/galaxy-note-3-review-2013-9" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Note 3</a>.</p>
<p>It's also the first phablet powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system.</p>
<p>The Lumia 1520 goes on sale in the U.S. this week for about $200 on contract with AT&amp;T. It comes in black, white, yellow, and red.</p>
<h2>Size-Wise</h2>
<p>The Lumia is large and in charge. I don&rsquo;t consider myself a super small-handed person, but holding onto this behemoth took some getting used to. If you&rsquo;re thinking about buying this (or any) phablet, I strongly suggest trying it out in the store first to make sure you actually dig its proportions.</p>
<p>The joy of a phablet though is the big, beautiful screen. The Lumia&rsquo;s 6-inch HD display looks stunning and is perfect if you plan on playing a lot of games or watching videos or shows. I tried out "Halo: Spartan Assault" and couldn&rsquo;t believe how amazing the graphics looked. Ditto for videos on Vimeo and Netflix. Plus, the phablet runs on a zippy quad-core processor, which means it runs fast and I could multitask like crazy.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Another great perk of its giant-status is that the battery lasts much longer than it does on smaller phones. I got more than a day&rsquo;s use out of it, compared to my usual schedule of charging overnight and hoping that my phone will last if I go out after work.</p>
<p>Plus, the huge screen means that the keyboard is great for jotting out emails or, if you&rsquo;re the kind of person planning to use Microsoft Office on their phone, Word documents.</p>
<h2>Using It</h2>
<p>The Lumia 1520 runs Microsoft Windows Phone OS, with all that entails. I&rsquo;m still getting used to the customizable Live Tiles format and it took me a while to switch out all the pre-loaded apps (like AT&amp;T&rsquo;s branded TV streaming app) for the ones that I actually wanted to use.</p>
<p>The phablet did come pre-loaded with some cool apps though. I quickly fell in love with Nokia Music, the built in Pandora-esque radio app on the Lumia. I could create amazing mixes&mdash;without commercials&mdash;for free that managed to stick to my music tastes way better than the real Pandora ever does.</p>
<p>It also comes with the Storyteller app that lets you pull all your pictures into a clean, pretty interface and display albums or events on a map so you can virtually walk someone through your vacation, for example. It&rsquo;s definitely cool, though I question how much I&rsquo;d actually use it, as opposed to just throwing all my pictures up on Facebook. (I&rsquo;m in my early 20s and at times I got the feeling that this phone was geared towards an older audience. This app would work better for my mom to brag about our family vacation to a relative than it would be for me to share my experience with a friend. Plus in the &ldquo;Helps and Tips&rdquo; section, I was recommended &ldquo;all the apps to keep you (and your kids) busy.&rdquo;)</p>
<p>Of course, one of the biggest selling points of the Lumia is the camera, which runs with Nokia&rsquo;s new-and-improved camera app. With 20 MP (for comparison, the new iPhone 5S has a 8 MP camera), the Lumia takes great shots, even in low light, and if you want to shoot video, you&rsquo;ll appreciate the four microphones, which capture audio crisply no matter which angle it&rsquo;s coming from.</p>
<p>I absolutely loved the amazing camera experience, but I have to admit that the size of the phone was an issue for me here. I mean, it takes great pictures, but it&rsquo;s way larger than my old digital camera. When I went to a show the other night without a purse, I just couldn&rsquo;t bring it.</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>The giant Lumia 1520 phablet isn&rsquo;t for everyone, obviously. It&rsquo;s not the kind of thing that you buy to use simply for texting because it can&rsquo;t fit into your pants pocket (and hogs space in a small clutch). And it&rsquo;s not for someone who cares about having access to the latest apps. As a regular Android phone user, I&rsquo;m occasionally annoyed when I find an app that&rsquo;s only for iPhone. I can&rsquo;t imagine being a Windows Phone user and having that happen even more often, with more popular apps.</p>
<p>The good news is, Windows Phone is finally getting some apps users have been craving (Instagram and Flipboard are scheduled to hit the store soon). Twitter recently released its video app Vine for Windows Phone too.</p>
<p>If you prioritize great graphics on your Xbox Live games, getting work done with the Office Suite, or sharing high-quality photos and videos of your family vacation, then the Lumia 1520 will look pretty good with its giant screen and $100 off the price of the Samsung&rsquo;s Galaxy Note 3.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nokia-lumia-1520-review-2013-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/twerk-and-selfie-added-to-oxford-dictionary-2013-8'Twerk' And 'Selfie' Are Now Official English Words In The Oxford Dictionaryhttp://www.businessinsider.com/twerk-and-selfie-added-to-oxford-dictionary-2013-8
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:26:54 -0400Caroline Moss
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/521389ca69bedde72700002a-480-/jack-dorsey-selfie.png" border="0" alt="jack dorsey selfie" width="480" />The next time your parents ask you to explain (again) what a "selfie" is, give them this definition:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/selfie">selfie</a><span>, n. (informal): a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.</span></p>
<p><span>That's a selfie, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which added the popular term to its database this week. Along with it,</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;phablet, hackerspace, emoji, and TL;DR to name a few. Tech-speak that has gained notoriety from widespread use on social media over the last few years.</span></p>
<p>Some of these words may sound unfamilar to the untrained eye. A phablet is a phone so large that it's almost a tablet, TL;DR (too long; didn't read) refers to a story that was so long you didn't read it. Hackerspace? A place where people with mutual interest in technology can join up and share ideas. Emojis, those little cartoon icons people text with, are so integrated into our virtual lives&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/katy-perry-new-roar-emoticon-music-video-2013-8">they're showing up in music videos</a>.</p>
<p>"Srsly" has also made its way to the list of official words, an abbreviation of "seriously." With a 140-character-limit on Twitter, removing the vowels has often been common practice for users. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/twerk-is-now-a-word-2013-8">Twerk, or shaking your butt to music, has also been crowned</a> as an official word.</p>
<p>In 2012, sexting, mash-up, and game changer were added to the Oxford English dictionary too. In 2010, we couldn't believe the addition of microblogging, tweetup, and hater; words we still hear on the regular.&nbsp;</p>
<p>For those who aren't thrilled about the new words on the block, it's too soon to tell if their place in the dictionary means ubiquitous usage for years to come. After all, 2009 welcomed the word "<a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/meatspace?view=uk">meatspace</a>".</p>
<p>Srsly.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/twerk-and-selfie-added-to-oxford-dictionary-2013-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-cheapest-phablet-2013-5The World’s Cheapest Tablet Is About To Become The World’s Cheapest Phablethttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-cheapest-phablet-2013-5
Fri, 03 May 2013 16:40:00 -0400Leo Mirani
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51839be7ecad04251900000d-400-/akaash-datawind-suneet-tuli.png" border="0" alt="akaash datawind suneet tuli" width="400" /></p><p>DataWind,&nbsp;<a href="http://qz.com/26244/how-a-20-tablet-from-india-could-finish-off-pc-makers-educate-billions-and-transform-computing-as-we-know-it/">the company behind the $40 tablet</a>, this week finished shipping 100,000 devices to the Indian Institute of Technology. It&rsquo;s been&nbsp;<a href="http://qz.com/66617/datawind-aakash-low-cost-tablet-computer-and-indian-government-flops/">quite a journey</a>. But DataWind&rsquo;s founders are already working on the next iteration, called Aakash 3, and it has one significant upgrade: a place to stick a SIM card, so it can connect to cellular networks.</p>
<p>DataWind&rsquo;s pitch for the new Aakash 3 goes like this:&nbsp;&ldquo;An internal cellular modem at no additional cost, which allows the device to be used both as a mobile smart phone and also for ubiquitous internet connectivity with a basic SIM, will help herald India&rsquo;s internet revolution.&rdquo;</p>
<p>That may well be true. Access and price are two of the main factors driving the growth of mobile broadband. Cheap devices and data plans are increasingly the only way to gain market share in India&mdash;and, indeed, in much of the world. A recent report about the use of Opera Mini, a web browser for mobile phones, found that 9 of the top 10 handsets using the software, mostly from <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/samsung">Samsung</a>, cost&nbsp;<a href="http://business.opera.com/smw/india/android/">less than 10,000 rupees</a>&nbsp;($185). That&rsquo;s still a high upper limit, but domestic firms such as Micromax and Karbonn dominate the sub-$100 market and are&nbsp;<a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prIN24017513">rapidly gaining overall market share</a>.</p>
<p>The Indian government plans to sell the Aakash 2 for educational and development purposes at the subsidised rate of $20. (It&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://qz.com/32033/a-look-inside-the-worlds-cheapest-tablet-computer-indias-20-aakash-2-video/">about as powerful as the original iPad</a>&nbsp;but&nbsp;also has slots for USB and MicroSD devices, a camera, and twice the memory.)&nbsp;If the government also subsidized the Aakash 3&nbsp;with a voice-and-data enabled version, that would make it the cheapest phablet in existence. Not that phablets need any extra help to become&nbsp;the world&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://qz.com/68186/phablet-smartphones-are-here-to-stay/">most ubiquitous computing&nbsp;devices</a>.</p>
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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:38:00 -0400Business Insider
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5165796169bedd9904000009-450-338/bii_phablets_northamerica-1.png" border="0" alt="bii_phablets_northamerica" width="450" height="338" />At the time the <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/iphone">iPhone</a> was introduced, its 3.5-inch screen was considered huge.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/samsung">Samsung</a> upped the ante with the 4.5-inch Infuse smartphone in January 2011.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>On the tablet side, screens were getting smaller, shrinking the distance between phone and tablet display sizes. There were many 7-inch tablets introduced, including the original <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/galaxy-tab">Galaxy Tab</a>, and less expensive successors, including the&nbsp;</span><span><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/kindle-fire">Kindle Fire</a>, <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/nook-color">Nook Color</a>, and <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google">Google</a> Nexus 7.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">A new notion was emerging about the convergence of smartphones and tablets. But the term "phablet" &mdash;&nbsp;something between a phone and a tablet&nbsp;&mdash; didn't come to be widely used until Samsung broke the 5-inch barrier with the first Galaxy Note.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In a&nbsp;</span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">recent report</a></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;from&nbsp;</span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/mobile-research?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PHA&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">BI Intelligence</a>,</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;we&nbsp;<span>investigate whether phablets are here to stay, dig into how smaller tablets and larger smartphones are changing the way consumers use their devices, a</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;">nalyze phablet sales and projections, </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;">d</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;">etail the potential downside to phablets, and examine</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;">&nbsp;other ways to "go big" other than the phablet approach.</span></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/mobile-research?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PHA&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Access The Full Report By Signing Up For A Free Trial Today &gt;&gt;</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Here's a brief overview of what we can expect to see in the near future for phablets:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><strong style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 16px;">Device shipments will explode:&nbsp;</strong></strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Barclays sees phablet shipments climbing from 143 million units shipped this year, to 228 million by 2015</a>. IHS iSuppli&nbsp;<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">is more conservative, projecting 146 million units by 2016</a>. Both sources use the standard definition of phablets as including phones with 5-inch and larger screens.</li>
<li><strong>Emerging markets will play a big role in this growth:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Asian markets will account for a majority of phablet sales before long</a>, as large-screen handsets&nbsp;&mdash; mostly running Android&nbsp;&mdash; have proven especially popular in Korea and China. Many emerging market consumers will be mobile-first Internet users, and <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">it makes sense that they will choose large-screen devices adept at media consumption and Web browsing</a>.&nbsp;</li>
<li><span><span><strong>Phablet adoption will be a plus for the overall mobile ecosystem:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">5-inch and larger phone screens, many of which are HD, lead to a greater likelihood of consumer app downloads, Web downloads and video viewing</a>.&nbsp;These activities are more enjoyable on larger screens and drive consumers to devices like the Note and Ascend Mate. Conversely,&nbsp;these gadgets' large, high-resolution displays are <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">a boon for content providers looking to create richer Web sites and denser apps</a>.</span></span></li>
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<p>In full, <a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile"><strong>BI Intelligence's&nbsp;report on Phablets:&nbsp;</strong></a></p>
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<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Examines what phablets are and how they came to be</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Analyzes existing phablet device sales and future sales projections</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Looks at and details the various phablet holdouts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Explains how the rise of phablets will impact consumer mobile usage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Details the potential downside to phablets</a></li>
<li><a href="https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/phablets-arent-just-a-fad-heres-why-2013-2?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=PH&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile">Analyzes other ways to "go big" other than the phablet approach</a></li>
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